Asteroid "Lutetia"

Asteroid Lutetia will no longer remain a mystery as the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta has captured the first close-up images of this Celestial Body, which will help them gain insights into the composition of the space rock that has long puzzled the scientists.
In what can be termed as the closest encounter with one of the largest asteroid, ever visited ESA led robotic spacecraft mission, Rosetta, raced past Lutetia as close as 3200 Km, with the closest encounter at 18:10 CEST (Central Europe Standard Time), when the spacecraft was just 3162 Km away from the giant asteroid.

Rosetta, which had a first look of Lutetia in January 2007, has this time “triumphed at asteroid” and captured images like never before.